HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.013.2005 A RESOLUTION
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
OPPOSING SB05-062 CONCERNING RESTRICTIONS ON RECREATIONAL IN-CHANNEL
DIVERSIONS
Resolution
1. Recreational In-Channel Diversion (RICD) water rights are written in Colorado statute and are
broadly acknowledged as a beneficial non-consumptive water use and are of growing importance to
Colorado's tourism and recreation industries.
2. The language in Colorado SB 05-062 attempts to greatly restrict the usage of a RICD
water right and surreptitiously redefines what a RICD water right is.
3. If passed SB 05-062 would significantly reduce the ability to utilize a RICD water right and
would have damaging effects on the tourism-based economies they were originally designed to
support.
4. The proponent suggests that a R/CD water right holder has an underlying mission
to restrict growth, overlooking the element that local governments are the primary holders of RICD
water rights and are responsible for growth rate approvals.
5. SB 05-062 has been introduced by State Senator Jack Taylor, who represents multiple tourism
and recreation dependent municipalities and counties and who has otherwise been a solid advocate of
Colorado's vital tourism industry.
Therefore, it is resolved by the Board of Commissioners of Pitkin County, that Pitkin County opposes
SB 05-062 and urges Senator Jack Taylor to immediately withdraw this inequitable legislation.
It is further resolved, that copies of th/s resolution be sent to Senator Taylor and to Pitkin County's
state representatives.
ADOPTED ON THE 9th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2005.
ATTEST:
C Depug/Clerk
Approved:
Hilary Fletcher~:~o~tT~
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERs OF
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
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